Includes bibliographical references (pages 739-746)-and indexes
Judges -- The background to the Canaanization of Israel: Israel's failure in the holy war (1:1--3:6) -- God's response to the Canaanization of Israel: the cycles of apostasy and deliverance (3:7--16:31) -- Climax: the depth of the Canaanization of Israel (17:1--21:25) -- Ruth -- Act. 1: The crisis for the royal line (1:1--21) -- Act 2: The ray of hope for the royal line (1:22--2:23) -- Act 3: The complication for the royal line (3:1--8) -- Act 4: The rescue of the royal line (4:1--17) -- Epilogue: The genealogy of the royal line (4:18--22)